What is National Jelly Bean Day?
On National Jelly Bean Day, who can't withstand a handful of sweet jelly beans? You don't have to fight at all on April 22nd each year. As a holiday, enjoying them is a must..
While candies made in a similar way before the jelly bean, Boston confectioner William Schrafft made them popular during the Civil War. Jelly beans were the first candies sold by the pound, with their firm exterior.. Schrafft encouraged his customers to send them to Union troops.
Due to their egg-like shape, jelly beans became closely associated with the Easter holiday in the 1930s.. However, confectioners now make jelly beans available all year round. So, there's no excuse not to indulge in them if you have a craving at any time of the year.
Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, loved jelly beans so much that they were at his inauguration.. He started eating them after he quit smoking years ago.. For the 1980 case, the Herman Goelitz Candy Company sold red, white, and blue jelly beans. At the time, the company didn't produce blue jelly beans. The company didn't produce blue jelly beans. They made a blueberry jelly bean for the first time, especially for the inauguration.
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